What is CVE-2018-19783?

CVE-2018-19783 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kentix Multisensor-Lan, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-19783?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Kentix Multisensor-Lan

CVE-2018-19783

Kentix MultiSensor-LAN 5.63.00 devices and previous allow Authentication Bypass via an Alternate Path or Channel.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2019-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/151237/Kentix-MultiSensor-LAN-5.63.00-Authenticat… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/21 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19783?: CVE-2018-19783 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kentix Multisensor-Lan, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-19783?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.